The time is right to discuss the Oklahoma Health Center. Just last week the University of Oklahoma announced it was acquiring the Presbyterian Health Foundation Research Park. In the past few years alone, the medical district has seen more than $500 million in construction — a very competitive pace of development compared to nearby downtown.

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Steve Lackmeyer is a reporter and columnist who started his career at The Oklahoman in 1990. Since then, he has won numerous awards for his coverage, which included the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the city's Metropolitan...